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| Keywords: F3H-2M at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.jpg Accepted by the Navy on 24 May 1957 at the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St Louis Missouri the museum's F3H-2M spent only a brief period of time in operational service flying with Fighter Squadrons VF 24 64 and 121 With the former squadron the aircraft was temporarily shore-based at Guam and operated from the deck of the carrier Lexington CVA-16 Placed in storage at Litchfield Park Arizona in December 1959 it was stricken from the Navy aircraft inventory in 1962 with only 641 flight hours Acquired by the museum from the Naval Air Systems Command in 1989 the aircraft was for many years displayed at Naval Air Station NAS Cecil Field Florida to which the museum placed the aircraft on loan The F3H-2M Demon returned to NAS Pensacola in 1999 following the decision of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission to close NAS Cecil Field and following restoration and repainting it was placed in display in the markings of VF-193 National Museum of Naval Aviation http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16016412 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1989 066 001 2008-04-21 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy McDonnell F3H Demon museum aircraft Aircraft at National Museum of Naval Aviation Fighter Squadron 142 United States Navy | ||||
